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law would stop. you are 39 times more likely to be hit by lightning than you are to impersonate another broker at the polls. that said, the gop argument would be that there was large- scale voter fraud by groups like acorn in 2008, that that led to the illegitimate collection of barack obama. there are polls that showed that 52% of republicans believe acorn stole the election for barack obama. if you turn on fox news, a month before the election or a month after, all you heard was acorn, acorn. i think republicans convince themselves sincerely that acorn stole the election or they used it optimistically to push this message that voter fraud exists. and there is some evidence that message has broken through. 48% of the public in a recent poll said voter fraud is a major issue. even though there are people like me better saying voter fraud is not a big problem in u.s. elections, even though there is no major prosecutions by the bush administration or in states that have passed voter i.d. laws, just pen
law would stop. you are 39 times more likely to be hit by lightning than you are to impersonate another broker at the polls. that said, the gop argument would be that there was large- scale voter fraud by groups like acorn in 2008, that that led to the illegitimate collection of barack obama. there are polls that showed that 52% of republicans believe acorn stole the election for barack obama. if you turn on fox news, a month before the election or a month after, all you heard was acorn, acorn....
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law. what is the purpose of that law again pennsylvania's republican house majority leader? >> voter i.d. which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania. done. >> jon: but hey -- (laughter). -- this is just between us chickens, right? huh? i mean, when the mics and the cameras go on pick a lock, you know what i'm talking about? pick a lock. what's that red -- okay, so it's on. as it turns out, the voter i.d. laws ostensibly set up to stop nonexistent inn-person voter fraud have the residual effect of disenfranchising and suppressing actual eligible voters. disproportionately of the minority, poor, and elderly variety or, as they are sometimes known, democrats. (laughter) of course, that law has been challenged in the courts and we are expecting a ruling -- (laughter). all right, just roll the ruling. >> we have breaking news right now. a judge has issued a decision in pennsylvania's controversial voter i.d. law. >> jon: all those without voter i.d. must gay marry whilst on medical marijuana during the first trimester! there, i (bleep)ing settled eve
law. what is the purpose of that law again pennsylvania's republican house majority leader? >> voter i.d. which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania. done. >> jon: but hey -- (laughter). -- this is just between us chickens, right? huh? i mean, when the mics and the cameras go on pick a lock, you know what i'm talking about? pick a lock. what's that red -- okay, so it's on. as it turns out, the voter i.d. laws ostensibly set up to stop nonexistent...
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law. it was one of the strictest laws in the country and everyone wanted to know if it was going to go into effect before this election. republican supporters say this kind of law would stop voter fraud. democrats said not really that it would really just keep a lot of voters from being able to vote. real, legitimate citizens who maybe just don't happen to have an i.d., driver's license, or passport. joining me now is cnn crime and justice correspondent joe johns. so, joe, let's break this down. since this is breaking news and you know how it can go with legal decisions, they can be looked at a whole lot of different ways. this particular case, this judge had to look at not the constitutionality of voter i.d.s, he had to look at specifically whether the people of pennsylvania all had equal access to get i.d.s and get to the polls in time. and he's reversed himself from his earlier decision. where does this leave us? >> well, big picture. okay, ashleigh, it's a victory for opponents of the
law. it was one of the strictest laws in the country and everyone wanted to know if it was going to go into effect before this election. republican supporters say this kind of law would stop voter fraud. democrats said not really that it would really just keep a lot of voters from being able to vote. real, legitimate citizens who maybe just don't happen to have an i.d., driver's license, or passport. joining me now is cnn crime and justice correspondent joe johns. so, joe, let's break this...
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laws changes in early voting new laws for those who have served time in prison and when they can or can't vote we've done quite a few stories on this and i should mention many of these laws that were signed by republican governors have been blocked by the courts but what do you think what's your take professor and i mean what's going on here well in terms of the voter id laws i've written on this i talk about this on this program is this is no more than an american coup d'etat this is the republican party trying to prevent legally registered voters primarily voters who are minority who are elderly and who are disabled from getting access to the ballot and the reason is because the trend within those demographics tends to be they vote democratic and in an election such is this two thousand and two two thousand and twelve election where the margins just naturally were going to be narrow the logic is the more people that they can dismiss from the voter rolls increases the possibility that mitt romney and then other. republican candidates in congressional races as well as senate in other stat
laws changes in early voting new laws for those who have served time in prison and when they can or can't vote we've done quite a few stories on this and i should mention many of these laws that were signed by republican governors have been blocked by the courts but what do you think what's your take professor and i mean what's going on here well in terms of the voter id laws i've written on this i talk about this on this program is this is no more than an american coup d'etat this is the...
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courts for serious international law violations. the statute actually remained dormant for nearly 200 years, until the lawyers for the center of constitutional rights, in the mid 1970's, under it did when researching possible responses to the maya lin massacre. in the 1970's, a woman track down the police chief who had brutally tortured and killed her beloved 17-year-old brother while he was in peril why, simply because he was the son of the general's political opponents appeared on her behalf, the center for constitutional rights sued this police chief in the united states, and that produced a ruling in the court of appeals here in new york, which enshrined in the alien tour statute in u.s. law and made clear, until the decision of the supreme court, that foreigners could sue in u.s. courts for the most egregious human rights violations. >> i want to turn to ken saro- wiwa. in 2009, shell reached a settlement with the family for $15 million. the trial look at human rights violations. he was the founding member and president of the
courts for serious international law violations. the statute actually remained dormant for nearly 200 years, until the lawyers for the center of constitutional rights, in the mid 1970's, under it did when researching possible responses to the maya lin massacre. in the 1970's, a woman track down the police chief who had brutally tortured and killed her beloved 17-year-old brother while he was in peril why, simply because he was the son of the general's political opponents appeared on her behalf,...
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i guess it is not for me to get. >> state law. we are trying to live within the four corners here. >> thank you for your report. i have a couple of questions. under redevelopment, 80% of the tax increment was to flow back into the redevelopment area. with the dissolution, we were told that absent any substitute agencies this money would flow into the general fund of the city or county; in our case the city and county of san francisco. under successor agency, with a redevelopment funds or criminal tax funds clawback of the area or to the general fund? >> the answer is yes and yes. anything with the tax increment, 60% infrastructure, -- down the line to the district. in those areas funds do flow pursuant to the contract in place to the taxing entities, in the format described, 80-20%. -- it requires an increment in infrastructure to make it happen. 100% of 0 is 0. once development happens, we are looking at changes to state law to try to capture the increment and the upfront investment required to make that kind of brownfield site g
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that's not the law in pennsylvania. the law is you can show up even if you don't have this i.d. you're allowed to vote. they tried to change the law, they could not get away with it. what about that ad campaign? depending on how those conversations go, they may not have got wan with changing the law but it might work to keep the people without i.d.s away from the polling place. the people fighting the new law in the first place are asking the judge to quash the ad campaign too. they are looking into the matter. the mechanics of the election are upon us now. this was ohio today. yes, those are tents. people were sleeping in because early in-person voting started in ohio today. first lady was in ohio today not just to persuade people and to inspire people to vote for her husband but to persuade them to do so right this second which people in ohio could do starting today. in most of the swing states, early voting is happening already. and yeah the campaigns are still trying to sway people and there's the debate tomorrow. but we are now into it. we are into the mechanics of the elec
that's not the law in pennsylvania. the law is you can show up even if you don't have this i.d. you're allowed to vote. they tried to change the law, they could not get away with it. what about that ad campaign? depending on how those conversations go, they may not have got wan with changing the law but it might work to keep the people without i.d.s away from the polling place. the people fighting the new law in the first place are asking the judge to quash the ad campaign too. they are looking...
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laws. as you know the justice department has filed a number of suits in states that have enactd voter identification laws. >> brown: all right. now, when we last talkd, things ended with tension, with questions about the role of the chief justice, whether somehow he had switchd to becoming, you know, somehow closer to center. whether he might be the deciding vote on a lot of different cases. how much of that... you were able to talk to a couple of just titions over the summer. some of them have been appearing on television occasionally. how much of that seems to linger on. >> i can tell you from at least opening day today that there didn't appear to be any lingering tensions. this was a court that was business as usual. but also i can tell you just from personal experience, i remember bush v. gore and the after math of that decision. there was a lot of bitterness and anger. yet the court moved very quickly into doing business. under roberts court the high point i think for the emotion and a
laws. as you know the justice department has filed a number of suits in states that have enactd voter identification laws. >> brown: all right. now, when we last talkd, things ended with tension, with questions about the role of the chief justice, whether somehow he had switchd to becoming, you know, somehow closer to center. whether he might be the deciding vote on a lot of different cases. how much of that... you were able to talk to a couple of just titions over the summer. some of...
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so we could reform the laws in that way. there is a possibility that we should just eliminate the ethics commission. it's appointed by the departments that are at city hall. so they appoint their friends, which makes it inherently somewhat difficult for them to perform the job they are supposed to firm. this was created in 1993 and it was said to have created an extra layer of bureaucracy and i think that is playing out. >> thank you. experts say there is a 62% chance that an earthquake causing widespread damage will strike san francisco, or the greater bay area within the next 30 years. what new polices should the city institute in order to minimize the human and economic costs of the next big one? this is a question for miss breed, mr. davis and miss johnson. >> i think that we all -- we are already doing some of those things. for example, many of the new buildings, we're making them as sturdy as we possibly can. we're doing a lot of retrofit projects. part of the work that we do -- i raised over $2.5 million to renovate t
so we could reform the laws in that way. there is a possibility that we should just eliminate the ethics commission. it's appointed by the departments that are at city hall. so they appoint their friends, which makes it inherently somewhat difficult for them to perform the job they are supposed to firm. this was created in 1993 and it was said to have created an extra layer of bureaucracy and i think that is playing out. >> thank you. experts say there is a 62% chance that an earthquake...
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there are different laws and they are divided up into strict laws and non-strict laws. with strict laws, you have to have either a photo i.d. or in non-frodo id in order to cast a ballot. -- or a non-photo id in order to cast a ballot. or you have to produce it within the next few days after voting. with non-trip, you do not have this kind of strict requirements. a poll worker that knows you can guard for you. there are different criteria in place in order to be able to vote if you do not have the idps -- the id. basically, the argument is that it prevents a voter fraud and voter identity theft. host: from the "washington post" with strict letter of the laws, kan., a florida and georgia. ... kansas, tennessee and georgia. most states are covered by non- photo id and most aren't requiring identification laws. guest: before the 2008 election, the laws were not as stringent than they were not as numerous. after the 2008 election, there seemed to be a wave of republican-controlled state legislatures pushing forth some of these laws. it seems to have evolved, in fact, into a
there are different laws and they are divided up into strict laws and non-strict laws. with strict laws, you have to have either a photo i.d. or in non-frodo id in order to cast a ballot. -- or a non-photo id in order to cast a ballot. or you have to produce it within the next few days after voting. with non-trip, you do not have this kind of strict requirements. a poll worker that knows you can guard for you. there are different criteria in place in order to be able to vote if you do not have...
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two dozen corporate law firms and lobbying firms. and some thousand state legislators a few of them democrats, the majority of them republican. >> alec is a corporate dating service for lonely legislators and corporate special interests that eventually the relationship culminates with some special interest legislation and hopefully that lives happily ever after as the alec model. unfortunately what's excluded from that equation is the public. >> in the wisconsin statehouse, democratic representative mark pocan is trying to expose alec's fingerprints whenever he can. by one count, over a third of pocan's fellow wisconsin lawmakers are alec members. >> when you look around especially on the republican side of the aisle, a lot of members of alec, front row, alec, when you start going down to the chair of finance and some of the other members are all alec members, in fact the alec co-chair of the state, row by row you can point out people who have been members of alec over the years. there's two main categories they have. one is how to r
two dozen corporate law firms and lobbying firms. and some thousand state legislators a few of them democrats, the majority of them republican. >> alec is a corporate dating service for lonely legislators and corporate special interests that eventually the relationship culminates with some special interest legislation and hopefully that lives happily ever after as the alec model. unfortunately what's excluded from that equation is the public. >> in the wisconsin statehouse,...
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that's not the law in pennsylvania. the law is you can show up even if you don't have this i.d. you're allowed to vote. they tried to change the law, they could not get away with it. what about that ad campaign? depending on how those conversations go, they may not have got wan with changing the law but it might work to keep the people without i.d.s away from the polling place. the people fighting the new law in the first place are asking the judge to quash the ad campaign too. they are looking into the matter. the mechanics of the election are upon us now. this was ohio today. yes, those are tents. people were sleeping in them because early voting started in ohio today and people slept out to be first in line. is technically, he did quash it and this should ought to be the most important thing. the bottom line here, in pennsylvania is that as of this judge's ruling today, you do not have to have a driver's license or another form of government issued i.d. election and how it is run. and in some ways how the election is being run and how the campaign prepares for it looks a litt
that's not the law in pennsylvania. the law is you can show up even if you don't have this i.d. you're allowed to vote. they tried to change the law, they could not get away with it. what about that ad campaign? depending on how those conversations go, they may not have got wan with changing the law but it might work to keep the people without i.d.s away from the polling place. the people fighting the new law in the first place are asking the judge to quash the ad campaign too. they are looking...
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the laws in this area are strict compliance laws, and they are very specific. the federal law since 1990 indicates issues from 1998. all businesses, such as a grocery store, a dentist's office, restaurants, a doctor's office, virtually anything that a member of the public comes into the -- comes into needs to be a barrier-free. we will go over what barriers are. every public accommodation needs to be wheelchair-accessible. there are also other other forf disability. most of the issues we are hearing about are wheelchair accessibility issues. there is a small group of private individuals who are wheelchair-down that go around the city and they look at small businesses. and i dare say anybody in small restaurants have some accessibility issues. it is another attempt at making your building wheelchair accessible. i am not sure which of you may be merchants and which it may be landlords. the law applies to both. and that means you were 100% liable for any barriers to access and any damages that may be associated with those barriers. there are ways you can defend yo
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about the dangers of this law. it removes due process for anybody who is deemed not much just a terrorist but to have contact with these associated forces that's not a term that's defined it's nebulous it's quite a frightening piece of legislation i had was in the other plaintiffs had some victories in blocking the controversial provision that allows for indefinite detention but on tuesday the u.s. court of appeals for the second circuit extended indefinite detention powers so there you have it the top five topics that likely won't be discussed in the first presidential debate but who knows maybe it'll surprise us but i wouldn't put my money on it in washington liz wahl r.t. . well that's going to do it for us for now but if you missed any part of today's show zero luck we posed all of our interviews online in full so just go to youtube dot com slash r.t. america and there you can click comment even forward the videos to your friends also for the very latest information on the stories we covered in a few we didn't
about the dangers of this law. it removes due process for anybody who is deemed not much just a terrorist but to have contact with these associated forces that's not a term that's defined it's nebulous it's quite a frightening piece of legislation i had was in the other plaintiffs had some victories in blocking the controversial provision that allows for indefinite detention but on tuesday the u.s. court of appeals for the second circuit extended indefinite detention powers so there you have it...
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some of the other laws that take effect today, the phylicia barnes law designed to improve how law enforcement and commity groups work together when a child disappears also requiring state officials to publish a list of missing children. and another law that takes effect today that affects everyone with a job is it's illegal for your boss in maryland to ask you for your log in information to social media websites like facebook. live in federal hill, linda so, abc2 news. >>> several other laws begin and it's mixed bag. companies that want to threaten to tow cars from private property must now show large signs with the name of the towing company and the towing companies must allow people to get the vehicle back at all hours of the day. you must also now come to a complete stop for nonworking stoplights. the best way to keep it in mind is to treat it like a 4-way stop that can come in handy when we have the power outages following severe weather. >>> in other news, omazzing time of the year. the boys of summer becoming the boys of fall. last night the orioles cline ached play off spot and swept b
some of the other laws that take effect today, the phylicia barnes law designed to improve how law enforcement and commity groups work together when a child disappears also requiring state officials to publish a list of missing children. and another law that takes effect today that affects everyone with a job is it's illegal for your boss in maryland to ask you for your log in information to social media websites like facebook. live in federal hill, linda so, abc2 news. >>> several...
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enforcement officer, he is responsible for enforcing the laws, and for him to violate the law is misconduct as it relates to his duty of enforcing those laws. even more closely related, he is responsible for enforcing domestic violence programs, and that certainly is -- on a subject matter basis, the majority found, relates to those duties when he actually committed physical abuse against his spouse. >> supervisor kim: then does it follow that if the sheriff manages a variety of different programs for crimes that you may commit, including for example a dui, that there would therefore be a relationship if there was a misdemeanor of a different crime, because the sheriff runs programs i assume to address rehabilitate or imprison folks that are convicted of those misdemeanors, would that therefore then be the relationship to the office? >> perhaps it is a fool'ser rand for me to attempt to elucidate everything in the minds of the majority but based on my reread of the transcript and having been at the discussions, i do
enforcement officer, he is responsible for enforcing the laws, and for him to violate the law is misconduct as it relates to his duty of enforcing those laws. even more closely related, he is responsible for enforcing domestic violence programs, and that certainly is -- on a subject matter basis, the majority found, relates to those duties when he actually committed physical abuse against his spouse. >> supervisor kim: then does it follow that if the sheriff manages a variety of different...
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was not considered to be federal law, neither federal law nor state law. if that were so, every tort action, which in those days were decided under -- under a general law that was up there in the sky, would have been a federal -- a federal claim. >> but there were -- there was certain -- there were certain norms that were believed to be part of the law of nations, including piracy and attacks on ambassadors, and they were governed by universal standards. >> common law. it's general common law. >> well, but i think this court found in sosa that that -- that that part of common law at the time has become customary international law, and that the courts of this country have not lost their ability to enforce the same kinds of law of nations norms as the founders wanted to enforce in the alien tort statute in the context of universal human rights norms. >> well, that isn't the issue. the issue is whether when they do so they are enforcing federal law or not. >> i think this court said that the federal common law within one of the exceptions to erie -- i think t
was not considered to be federal law, neither federal law nor state law. if that were so, every tort action, which in those days were decided under -- under a general law that was up there in the sky, would have been a federal -- a federal claim. >> but there were -- there was certain -- there were certain norms that were believed to be part of the law of nations, including piracy and attacks on ambassadors, and they were governed by universal standards. >> common law. it's general...
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should not overturn law. and it was the liberals who are always trying to overturn law. and it was potter stewart and lewis powell and sandra day o'connor who were preaching judicial restraint. but citizens united was a case where just a few years earlier, george w. bush had signed the mccain-feingold law or in just two years earlier, or more than two as i think, for years earlier the supreme court has affirmed the constitutionality of the mccain-feingold law. but in a story i tell at greater length in trenton, the conservative majority converted a relatively minor dispute over an obscure film put out by a nonprofit corporation into a complete rewriting of our campaign finance laws, based on the dual metaphors that corporations are people, and money is speech. and those two ideas are at the heart of citizens united, and they are the story -- and that decision is very much the story of the 2012 presidential and perhaps even more importantly, lower about race -- lower ballot raise. that brings us to the health care case you're now, there were some so-called experts and pun
should not overturn law. and it was the liberals who are always trying to overturn law. and it was potter stewart and lewis powell and sandra day o'connor who were preaching judicial restraint. but citizens united was a case where just a few years earlier, george w. bush had signed the mccain-feingold law or in just two years earlier, or more than two as i think, for years earlier the supreme court has affirmed the constitutionality of the mccain-feingold law. but in a story i tell at greater...
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supreme court which we modeled our law after the indiana law. ultimately i don't believe there would have been any disenfranchised voters to the polls this november. it was a straw man argument used by the left to try and stop the i.d., to try to maintain status co- to ultimately protect the forces of corruption. we've seen acorn filing fictitious registrations in 20. we've had prosecutions in pennsylvania for election fraud. ultimately i believe that this law will stand. it's going to be the will of the people, the majority of pennsylvanians want to make sure that this policy is in place to protect every legally cast vote to ensure the forces of corruption do not have their way with undermining the will of the people. >> suarez: is it still unclear though where this is all going to end up? given the court setbacks in ohio, in various other states where they've tried to limit the days of early voting, raise the threshold for identification when you come to the polls, various rule changes in advance of this november 6? >> i think we're expecting
supreme court which we modeled our law after the indiana law. ultimately i don't believe there would have been any disenfranchised voters to the polls this november. it was a straw man argument used by the left to try and stop the i.d., to try to maintain status co- to ultimately protect the forces of corruption. we've seen acorn filing fictitious registrations in 20. we've had prosecutions in pennsylvania for election fraud. ultimately i believe that this law will stand. it's going to be the...
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interest include election law, administrative law, statutory interpretation, constitutional law and property and natural resources law. he is a resident of san francisco's mission district. we are honored to work chris almendorf. [ applause ] >> thank you very much and thank you to all of the candidates who are here today. we're very fortunate to be joined by six candidates and what i hope will soon be seven. all of the candidates have agreed to ask their supporters to be respectful of other candidates and the audience and to maintain quiet during the forum. i ask you to respect that commitment. every aspect of this forum will be equally fair to all participating candidates. as everyone here knows candidate debates are often limited to latitudinal appears and personal attack. our debate focuses on critical areas of policy disagreement among the leading candidates. so this end the league of women voters of san francisco and the san francisco public press working with researchers at uc davis, developed an issue position survey for the supervisorial candidates. the candidates were asked to stat
interest include election law, administrative law, statutory interpretation, constitutional law and property and natural resources law. he is a resident of san francisco's mission district. we are honored to work chris almendorf. [ applause ] >> thank you very much and thank you to all of the candidates who are here today. we're very fortunate to be joined by six candidates and what i hope will soon be seven. all of the candidates have agreed to ask their supporters to be respectful of...
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law thing and as you know, the supreme court a few years ago upheld voter i.d. laws in indiana. how, i don't know. because it's been described as a solution in search of a problem. there is no such thing as significant in person voter i.d. that justifies the adoption of these laws. pennsylvania, of course, is only one state that was moving ahead with these laws. this is big. it means that as many as 700,000 voters may not have to fight this kind of disenfranchisement this time around. >> eliot: as i said, texas -- it was found unconstitutional. >> texas. wisconsin. florida has faced this. >> eliot: florida in terms of early voting. so what had been a concerted effort on the part of the republican party to jam the laws through state legislature may in fact fail. kevin, give me your perspective on this. are they going to quit and say the courts have turned us down? >> it from my perspective i've been an organizer during voter education registration since the 1980s. and i remember going down to alabama, having to reregister folks to vote during the reagan administration. this keeps
law thing and as you know, the supreme court a few years ago upheld voter i.d. laws in indiana. how, i don't know. because it's been described as a solution in search of a problem. there is no such thing as significant in person voter i.d. that justifies the adoption of these laws. pennsylvania, of course, is only one state that was moving ahead with these laws. this is big. it means that as many as 700,000 voters may not have to fight this kind of disenfranchisement this time around. >>...
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states have enacted laws against bullying. educators there are taken a different approach. >> reporter: in new jersey a new anti-bullying law took effect from september 2011. the state law once bullying is observed schools are required to look into it immediately, notify parents and take steps to tackle it. this middle school has the anti-bully bill of rights. the school counselor was appointed last year as the school's anti-bullying specialist. >> this is my anti-bullying bible. >> reporter: the law requires each school district to create its on antibullying program. the program sets out detail procedure to follow when bullying occurs and steps for dealing with the bully. when bullying is reported, they begin the investigation and contact offender. they also contact after school counseling. the law stipulates the student can be suspended or expelled and reported to the police if it's serious. >> the benefit about the law is it's a must so every school district has to handle a report in the same way. there's no gray area and i
states have enacted laws against bullying. educators there are taken a different approach. >> reporter: in new jersey a new anti-bullying law took effect from september 2011. the state law once bullying is observed schools are required to look into it immediately, notify parents and take steps to tackle it. this middle school has the anti-bully bill of rights. the school counselor was appointed last year as the school's anti-bullying specialist. >> this is my anti-bullying bible....